Lia Paradis: Living and dying as an Indigenous man
Article content My brother died on Monday, May 31. Luc was 50 years old. He had many health issues and the official finding by the coroner was that he died of natural causes. His body was overwhelmed, fighting on so many fronts, and his organs slowly failed. But he was an Indigenous man. And he died just days after the revelation that 215 childrenâs bodies were found buried on the grounds of what had been a residential school in Kamloops. One of his health issues was that he suffered from acute anxiety. When he heard the news, our mother had to go to him and calm him. He had misunderstoo...
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